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Emanuel Gat – Abschied

  • October 23rd – November 2nd, 2025 Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt
  • December 12th – 21st, 2025 Hellerau, Dresden

Duration: unknown

Emanuel Gat with DFDC

© De-Da Productions

Maybe you can’t and shouldn’t try to explain a choreographic work. When asked, “what is the work about?”, the accurate answer would be: “well, I have no idea, we have to wait and see”. The only thing pre-determined when it comes to choreography, the way Emanuel Gat sees and practices it, is the HOW. The WHAT, the WHY, the WHEREOF, are all elements which emerge from the thing as it is happening.

Emanuel Gat’s work with the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company will engage with two of the Lieder from Gustav Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied von der Erde. Two parts, with Der Einsame im Herbst and the last Lied of the cycle, Der Abschied, frame a third central part that is without music. Completely different every time it is being performed, the work follows principles in which the choreographic future cannot be designed, but has to be discovered by the dancers each time they engage with the work. Welcome, enjoy the experience!

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Eric Minh Cuong Castaing – TARAB

October 2nd, 2025 Dream City Festival, Tunis
October 10th & 12th, 2025 ARTONOV, Brussels
February 26th & 28th, 2026 Antigel, Geneva
3h

Participatory Performance

© Pierre Gondard

TARAB is a participatory piece for 6 dancers, 1 live-act composer and 100 ‘accomplices’. 

Choreographer Eric Minh Cuong Castaing invites us to a participatory celebration, under the guidance of artists from the countries of the Levant. He invites musician Rayess Bek and six dancers from the Palestinian, Lebanese and Egyptian diasporas, invoking the lively rhythms and dances of the Levant. For several hours, amateur dancers will rub shoulders with the professionals on stage, guided by choreographic protocols. 

The dabke, a folk dance from the Levant, will take pride of place, in a game of transmission and shared joy.

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DACH region France

Nina Laisné, François Chaignaud, Nadia Larcher – Último Helecho

  • July 19th – 21st, 2025 ImPulsTanz, Vienna
  • August 23rd – 25th, 2025  Ruhrtriennale, Essen
  • September 9th, 2025 La Bâtie Festival de Genève, Annemasse
  • September 12th, 2025 Oriente Occidente Festival, Rovereto
  • September 17th – 18th, 2025 Biennale Danse Lyon, Lyon
  • October 1st – 3rd, 2025 Musica Festival, Strasbourg
  • October 5th, 2025 La Filature, Mulhouse
  • October 14h – 15th, 2025  Les 2 scènes, Besançon
  • November 28th – 30th, 2025 Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
  • December 6ht, 2025 Concertgebouw, Bruges
  • January 24th – 25th, 2026 Berliner Festspiele, Berlin

70 minutes

A Celebration of
Fluid Identities

© Nina Laisné

As an international co-production, artists Nina Laisné and François Chaignaud and singer Nadia Larcher have developed Último helecho, a performance that is carried by music, singing and dance at once and where Baroque meets South American folklore and mythology.

Último helecho is the second cooperation between François Chaignaud and Nina Laisné following Romances inciertos, un autre Orlando, for which they invented a special, poetically artistic cosmos: Drag and dance, old Spanish songs and queer hero*ine narratives were interwoven into a celebration of fluid identities and forms of expression.

While François Chaignaud also sings on stage, Nadia Larcher, who is a celebrated singer in South America, will try out the folklore dances of her native lands together with him on stage for the first time. The multifaceted repertoire of traditional music and dances from Argentina – ranging from chacareras via the majestic zambas to the huaynos – will serve as the underpinnings of the performance. The duo will be accompanied live on stage by six musicians whose artistic roots lie partly in Baroque and partly in folklore.

Francois chaignaud
nina laisne

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France Mediterranea Benelux DACH region

Peeping Tom – Chroniques

  • June 4th – 6th, 2025 Théâtre National de Nice, Nice
  • June 18th – 20th, 2025 Festival de Marseille, Marseille
  • September 27th – 28th, 2025 I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia
  • October 2nd – 4th, 2025 Torinodanza, Turin
  • October 8th – 9th, 2025 Triennale Milano, Milan
  • October 13th – 14th, 2025 Dialog Festival, Wrocław
  • November 14th – 16th, 2025 Anthéa, Antibes
  • November 20th – 21st, 2025 Les Salins, Martigues
  • November 27th – 29th, 2025 Châteauvallon Liberté, Toulon
  • December 5th – 6th, 2025 Le Carré Leon Gaumont, Sainte-Maxime
  • December 9th – 18th, 2025 KVS, Brussels
  • January 23rd – 24th, 2026 Tanz Köln, Cologne
  • March 4th – 6th, 2026 Le Vilar, Louvain-la-Neuve
  • March 20th – 21st, 2026 Teatro Central, Seville
  • March 28th – 29th, 2026 Emilia Romagna Teatro, Caserna
  • April 2nd – 8th, 2026 La Villette, Paris
  • April 14th – 15th, 2026 CSS Udine, Udine
  • April 28th – 30th, 2026 Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • June 4th – 14th, 2026 TNC, Barcelona

90 minutes

Peeping Tom’s
Next Chapter

© Sanne De Block

Among the immortal, each act (and each thought) is an echo of those who anticipated it in the past or the faithful omen of those who, in the future, will repeat it to the point of vertigo. – Jorge Luis Borges

Five figures are trapped in a temporal maze, mutating and colliding in an attempt to defy immortality. Their existence takes place in a vast sulfuric landscape, unfolding in a series of chronicles. Is this landscape the ground for new creations, or made out of remnants of what once existed?

Confronted with different laws and physical phenomena, their bodies reveal other behaviors and possibilities of being, without knowing if they are at the twilight or dawn of their existence. We are witnessing a bodily metamorphosis in an abyssal and poetic dimension.

Chroniques unveils the next chapter in Peeping Tom’s universe.

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Scandinavia DACH region

Alexander Ekman – Hammer (for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani)

May 24th – 25th, 2025 Zorlu Performing Arts Center, Istanbul
June 29th – July 5th, 2025 Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
November 14th – 16th, 2025 LG Arts Center, Seoul
November 21st -22nd, 2025 Busan Cultural Center, Busan
March 29th, 2026 Steps Festival, Lugano
April 24th – 26th, 2026 Dansens Hus, Stockholm
Approx. 2 h 15 min (including 40 min interval)

A Joy Called Ekman

© Tilo Stengel

In Hammer, a harmonious community shares an altruistic lifestyle inspired by the hippie era. They run, play, sing and enjoy life together. But slowly, the community progresses towards the modern age with its ubiquitous surveillance. The group’s behaviour becomes increasingly egotistical and individualistic. When we return for the second act, we find ourselves in a different place. Now we meet a group of self-conscious people in lonely bubbles. Eventually, unable to cope with all the false pretences, they are forced to relinquish their image-conscious facades and return to an altruistic existence.

Multi-award-winning choreographer Alexander Ekman is bold, unpredictable and innovative, just like GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. His visually powerful work turns a spotlight on contemporary society’s self-image, often with a humorous twist. Ekman has created some 50 works, which have been performed by almost as many companies worldwide. Hammer, a full evening in two acts, is his third work for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani.

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William Forsythe – UNDERTAINMENT

May 23rd – 31st, 2025 Hellerau, Dresden
June 5th – 8th, 2025 Schauspiel Frankfurt, Frankfurt
June 13th – 15th, 2025 De Singel, Antwerp
June 27th, 2025 Theater Freiburg, Freiburg
July 7th – 8th, 2025 Julidans, Amsterdam
September 9th – 10th, 2025 Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome
September 21st – 22nd, 2025 Biennale Danse Lyon, Lyon
October 4th, 2025 Aperto Festival, Reggio Emilia
November 13th – 15th, 2025 Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona
December 4th – 6th, 2025 Kampnagel, Hamburg
Duration: unknown

Double bill with another program

Forsythe Returns to Frankfurt

© Dominik Mentzos

This is a full circle moment. William Forsythe is regarded as one of the most important choreographers of the late 20th century. His innovative approach to the tradition of ballet has opened up directions for dance that would otherwise be difficult to imagine. From 1984 to 2004, Forsythe directed the Ballett Frankfurt and from 2005 to 2015 The Forsythe Company, which was later renamed Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company.

Forsythe is now returning to the place of this legacy of many years and is developing a new work with the company for the first time. Starting from a toolbox of improvisational construction, he creates a structural order which, instead of signifying something else, offers an aesthetic pleasure in itself. Like in a kaleidoscope, patterns emerge that are always unpredictable and surprising yet within a clear framework. The dancers explore the movement system that they themselves form to its limits. The audience is invited to follow this exploration and experience the work as a living, breathing system.

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Benelux DACH region

Ayelen Parolin / Marco da Silva Ferreira – Malón / a Folia

May 21st, 2025 Concertgebouw, Bruges
March 21st, 2026 Festspielhaus St. Pölten, St. Pölten
Duration: unknown

A Joyful Tornado

© Laurent Philippe

Ballet de Lorraine glitter in a double bill, featuring work by two contemporary choreographers. In these works, Ayelen Parolin and Marco da Silva Ferreira both explore the joy of shared dance, as expressed at raves and in nightclubs. Parolin’s title Malón is a reference to a state of disorder, when energy and movement are amplified to the point of excess in a dance rave. Da Silva Ferreira’s title is a reference to the folia, a festive 16th-century Portuguese shepherds’ dance. Bringing out its ecstasy, joy and entrancing effect, he mirrors this folk dance to nightclub dancing.

Ayelen parolin
Marco da Silva Ferreira
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DACH region Benelux France

Damien Jalet & Kohei Nawa – Mirage for the Ballet du GTG

May 6th – 11th, 2025 Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva
June 5th – 7th, 2025 Kampnagel, Hamburg
January 14th – 17th, 2026 Maison de la Danse, Lyon
January 24th, 2026 Festspielhaus St. Pölten, St. Pölten
June 11th – 14th, 2026 De Singel, Antwerp
65 minutes

A Dream of Atmospheric Phenomena

© Gregory Batardon

With Mirage, Damien Jalet offers his very first creation for the Ballet du Grand Théâtre, where he has been an associate artist since 2022. Mirage also constitutes the fourth chapter of his collaboration with Japanese visual artist Kohei Nawa.

Inspired by the phenomenon of mirages and Fata Morgana – optical illusions linked to specific meteorological conditions, caused by light being distorted as it passes through different- temperature layers of air – Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa depict humanity wandering in a metaphorical desert in search of itself.

Through a series of unpredictable transformations inspired by different mythologies, climatology, botany and entomology, as well as Hayagawari – a Japanese kabuki theatre technique in which performers suddenly transform during a performance –, the piece peels back the performers, layer after layer, exploring an endless variety of physical and emotional states.

Sometimes evoking the spectres of a civilization at the edge of a dry well, sometimes crossed with the dazzling colours and sensuality of tropical nature, Mirage passes through like a moving, fluctuating, waking dream of atmospheric phenomena.

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DACH region Benelux France

Thomas Hauert – Troglodyte

March 28th – 30th, 2025 Festival dansa metropolitana, Barcelona
November 17th, 2025 TANZINOLTEN, Olten
April 3rd – 4th, 2026 Théâtre de la Cité internationale, Paris
April 14th, 2026 Le 140, Brussels
April 17th, 2026 Internationales Bonner Tanzsolofestival, Bonn
60 minutes

A Solo for Himself

© Olivier Miche

In his new solo, Thomas Hauert intends to deepen a creative process already present in his last two creations: making psychology, inner life, emotions and the unconscious a driving force behind movement. The starting point for Troglodyte is a kind of complex psychological enigma, expressed in the working title and subtitle of the solo Zaungast/Zaunkönig, focusing on the experience of the position of the outsider, the one who is not part of the group, the one who looks on from the outside. Zaungast is a German word that describes someone who attends an event to which they were not invited, behind the fence (literally: “guest of the fence”). Zaunkönig, literally “king of the fence”, is the German name for the wren, a small songbird. Tiny but kingly at the same time, it is imagined on the fence, ‘staying on the fence’, in the figurative sense of someone who does not take a stand, does not make up their mind and does not commit themselves accordingly.

The word troglodyte originally refers to a living creature that inhabits a cave or dwelling dug into the ground, like the little bird Zaunkönig/troglodyte. The term Troglodyte also sounds like an insult, one associated with the “Cave Man”, the boorish, uneducated, coarse man.

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Christos Papadopoulos / DANCE ON ENSEMBLE – Mellowing

February 1st, 2025 Tanzbiennale Heidelberg, Heidelberg
March 17th, 2025 dFERIA, San Sebastián
March 20th – 22nd, 2025 Le CENTQUATRE, Paris
April 12th, 2025 Osterfestival Tirol, Innsbruck
July 1st – 2nd, 2025 COLOURS International Dance Festival, Stuttgart
July 18th – 19th, 2025 Kalamata International Dance Festival, Kalamata
March 21st, 2026 Festspielhaus St. Pölten, St. Pölten
55 minutes

Harmony, Precision, Cohesion

© Jubal Battisti

A body that is outwardly still and inwardly vibrating – what processes does the energy undergo before it breaks through? How does it change when the body matures?

In his new production Mellowing, Christos Papadopoulos embarks on his inaugural collaboration with the dancers of the Dance On Ensemble. Together they create a lively restlessness, a permanent vibration in which the spectator is inevitably involved.

Christos Papadopoulos’ works are fed by an intensely observant approach to movement and often unfold a lively and meditative power. His attention is focused on the minimal shifts of perception, the perpetual, often unnoticed and yet powerful movements that are ever-present in nature, in everyday life, within physical phenomena and political contexts.

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